RUBEN BAYIN

Amorim decries winner but United know No.1 priority

- JOHN CROSS AT OLD TRAFFORD

IT was hardly a classic but the away end celebrated to a familiar song - ‘1-0 to the Arsenal" rang round Old Trafford as the Gunners ended up sitting pretty by winning ugly for a change.

Scrappy does not do it justice and the result was more about familiar failings rather than any of the big-money new signings for either side.

Ultimately, it was decided by a tale of two keepers as Arsenal's David Raya was man of the match while Manchester United's Altay Bayindir had a stinker for Riccardo Calafiori’s winner.

United have spent £200million on anew front three and Bryan Mbeumo and Matheus Cunha were excellent while Benjamin Sesko had a decent cameo as a late substitute.

But unless they sign a keeper, all of their good work elsewhere will be undermined.

Last season's No.1 Andre Onanais being frozen out, Bayindir is hopeless on crosses and they desperately need to plug the gap otherwise they will not push on.

United boss Ruben Amorim didn't see it that way as he insisted the winner should have been disallowed for a foul on Bayindir.

He said: “I understand we want goals but when you touch the goalkeeper that way, it’s hard. Especially to lose with a goal like this, it's hard. It was a strange goal.

“When you touch the goalkeeper, he needs to use his hands to catch the ball, not push players. He chooses to push players and let the ball pass. But again, it’s the rules. If it’s allowed, we need to do the same thing”